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Land Use Planning Conference sponsored by the Grand River Conservation Authority, Waterloo Motor Inn, Waterloo, Ont., March 21, 1973 : staff presentation.

Consists of 4 ts. (original and photocopies) papers presented by Grand River Conservation Authority staff members at a Land Use Planning Conference sponsored by the GRCA at the Waterloo Motor Inn, Waterloo, Ont., March 21, 1973.

The papers are titled :

  • "Overview of the Authority," by N. Oldfield, Chief, Forestry and Wildlife;
  • "Water resource management in the Grand River Basin," by C.W. Stevens, Manager, Water Resource Engineering;
  • "The Authority's Regulations and Stream Valley Land Program, " by E. Lemp, Director of Planning; and
  • "Grand River Conservation Authority's Role in Municipal Planning," by D. Farley, Land Use Planner.

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Lake Erie pipeline, 1967

Consists of a ts.(photocopy) report concerning an alternative or supplemental water supply from Lake Erie for the community of Brantford, Ont., prepared by N.A. Grandfield, P.Eng., General Manager and Secretary of the Brantford Public Utilities Commission for the Chairman and Members of the Brantford Public Utilities Commission, Janurary 27, 1967. Sections of the report have been underlined or otherwise marked.

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Lake Erie & Northern : May 8, 1990 and last run, July 31, 1990.

Consists of a DVD transfer of a videocassette recording of train journeys filmed from the caboose of a train travelling on the Lake Erie & Northern (CPR) rail line from Cambridge to Brantford, Ontario on May 8, 1990 and on the last train run on the line, July 31, 1990. The film shows the track and the natural and constructed areas immediately surrounding it.

The track was subsequently removed and converted to the Grand River Conservation Authority Cambrdige to Paris Rail-Trail in 1994 and the SC Johnson Rail-Trail in 1996 according to information provided by the GRCA on the box listing supplied with the fonds.

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Lake Erie & Northern : May 8, 1990 and last run, July 31, 1990.

Consists of a videocassette recording of train journeys filmed from the caboose of a train travelling on the Lake Erie & Northern (CPR) rail line from Cambridge to Brantford, Ontario on May 8, 1990 and on the last train run on the line, July 31, 1990. The film shows the track and the natural and constructed areas immediately surrounding it.

The track was subsequently removed and converted to the Grand River Conservation Authority Cambrdige to Paris Rail-Trail in 1994 and the SC Johnson Rail-Trail in 1996 according to information provided by the GRCA on the box listing supplied with the fonds.

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Incorporation : Acts and Bills

Series consists of records relating to the incorporation and organization of the Grand River Conservation Authority and its predecessors, the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes originals and photocopies of acts, bills, and letters patent.

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In the wake of Hurricane Hazel : a review of flood problems.

Consists of ts. paper entitled "In the Wake of Hurricane Hazel : a review of flood problems," by R.L Clinch and H.J. Saaltink, H.G. Acres & Company Ltd., presented at the Engineering Institute of Canada, May 11, 1955. The paper deals in part with the Grand River. Includes blackline storm tracking diagram, and isoheytal maps and flood hydrographs of the Grand River prepared by H.G. Acres & Company Limited, May 1955. Also includes a cover letter from A.W. F. McQueen, Vice-President, H.G. Acres & Company Ltd.

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Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario : Engineering Department : memorandum and report.

Consists consists of a ts. (photoreproduction) of a memorandum of an investigation by the Hydro-Electric Commission dated June 16, 1938, concerning alternative dam sites on the Grand River above Fergus, Ont. Includes a covering letter by O. Holden, Chief Hydraulic Engineer, Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Engineering Department.

Also includes a ts.(photoreproduction) report by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Engineering Department, showing yearly minimum flow levels measured at various points on the Grand River, 1914-1936. The report is accompanied by a covering letter by O. Holden dated August 13, 1938.

Also present is a letter from the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests Surveys Branch to the Grand River Conservation Commission, dated February 23, 1939 concerning cost allotment by municipality for improvements to the Grand River.

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Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario : Engineering Department : memorandum : Grand River Conservation project, June 16, 1938.

Consists of a ts. (photoreproduction) of a memorandum of an investigation by the Hydro-Electric Commission concerning alternative dam sites on the Grand River above Fergus, Ont. Includes a covering letter by O. Holden, Chief Hydraulic Engineer, Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Engineering Department.

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Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario : Engineering Department : memorandum : Grand River Conservation project, June 16, 1938.

Consists of a ts. (photoreproduction) of a memorandum of an investigation by the Hydro-Electric Commission concerning alternative dam sites on the Grand River above Fergus, Ont. Includes a covering letter by O. Holden, Chief Hydraulic Engineer, Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Engineering Department.

Also includes a ts.(photoreproduction) report by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Engineering Department, showing yearly minimum flow levels measured at various points on the Grand River, 1914-1936. The report is accompanied by a covering letter by O. Holden dated August 13, 1938.

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Hugh Templin movies, no.2.

Consists of a videocassette transfer of 8 mm film footage including scenes of the CPR rail yards possibly in Elora or Fergus, Ont.; snow removal activities after a major snowstorm in an unidentified location, possibly Fergus, Ont.; and a building demolition. The footage was taken by Hugh Templin, GRCA Commissioner and editor of the Fergus News Record, Fergus, Ont.

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Hugh Templin movies, no.2.

Consists of a DVD transfer of a videocassette of 8 mm film footage including scenes of the CPR rail yards possibly in Elora or Fergus, Ont.; snow removal activities after a major snowstorm in an unidentified location, possibly Fergus, Ont.; and a building demolition. The footage was taken by Hugh Templin, GRCA Commissioner and editor of the Fergus News Record, Fergus, Ont.

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Honour roll citation recipients.

Studio portraits and duplicate prints of identified individuals: H.A. Cameron; Garfield Disher; Hugh Crall Elliott; George E. Fisher; Robert H. Haworth; Perry Richard Hilborn; Charles Henry Janzen; Harold Gordon Mack; Katharine Marston; I.C. Marritt; George Albert McWilliams; William A. Philip (first Chairman, GRCC 1934, first Chairman, Grand Valley Conservation Authority, 1949); Marcel Pequegnat; Robert Pequegnat; Gerald N. Ruhnke; Clarence D. Suter; Oliver Wright.

Includes a photo of a drawing of a Conestogo wagon. The three copy negatives are of Hugh Cameron, Robert Pequegnat and the Conestogo wagon.

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Guelph dam site : topographical map and articles.

Consists of a topographical map produced by the Geographical Section, Department of National Defence in 1939. The map has been annotated to show the Guelph and Eramosa damsites. The annotations may have been made at the design phase of the Guelph dam ca. 1971. Includes a reprint and mockup of an article titled, "Guelph Dam and Reservoir, Ontario," The Canadian Architect, (June, 1977), and an article titled "Guelph Micro-Hydro System," Your Valley (Spring, 1983).

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Guelph Dam micro-hydro opening and open house, June 16, 1982 : working file.

Consists of ts. materials relating to the opening of a micro-hydro demonstration project on the Speed River at the Guelph Dam, near Guelph, Ont. Includes correspondence, agenda, minutes of meetings held in preparation for the opening, ts. corrected draft of text for opening ceremony and a printed opening ceremony leaflet. The file probably belonged to Ralph Beaumont who at the time served as Information Supervisor of the GRCA Communications Division. The front of the file folder contains ms. notes concerning the opening.

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GRCA videocassettes transferred to DVDs.

Contents:

  • Disc A: 1. Grand Valley tornado damage : ground footage, June 4, 1985; 2. Grand Valley Tree Replacement, May 1986; Spring break-up, 1985; 3. Lake Erie shore damage survey, Dec. 3 and 6, 1985.
  • Disc. B: 1. Cambridge channel excavation, 1985; Three Centuries Festival, 1987; 2. Grand Valley tornado damage, 1986; 3. Flood footage : New Hamburg, Guelph Dam, Grand Valley, 1986; 4. Bank erosion : Brantford, March 13, 1986 ; High water, March 19, 1986 ; Bridge demolition, 11th Line, East Garafraxa, Aug. 5, 1986 ; Xmas party, 1986.
  • Disc. C: 1. Abandoned railway line, Cambridge to Brantford, 1988; 2. Abandoned railway line, Cambridge to Lynden, 1988; 3. Chilligo fish kill aftermath, Oct. 21, 1991; 4. Elora Gorge Conservation Authority : raw footage. Disc. D: 1. GRCA information night, Paris, June 5, 1981; 2. Weed harvesting, Pinehurst; stream rehabilitation, Galt Greek; 3. Guelph Dam : micro hydro opening ceremony, 1982. Disc E: 1. GRCA conservation areas : Winter footage, Jan 21, 1985; 2. Grand River, Cambridge to Brantford, Aerial, 1988; 3. Brantford to Middleport area, Aerial, 1988; 4. Middleport to Dunnville-Haldimand, Aerial, 1988; 5. Grand River : Conestogo to Elora, Aerial, 1989; 6. Grand River : Elora to Belwood Lake, Aerial, 1989. Disc. F: 1. Grand River : Belwood Lake to north of Grand Valley, aerial footage, 1989. Disc G: 1. Grand River, Brantford to Keldon, aerial footage, 1989.

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